Portal turret plushie is cute and harmless

As many of you are probably aware, Portal 2 was released last week, and gamers have been going crazy over it. Over the years, people have constructed replicas of their favorite in-game items and “characters”, including portal guns, companion cubes, and turrets.

After playing Portal 2 for a bit, [Jonathan] wanted a turret of his own quite badly. Rather than construct it from hard plastics and resins however, he decided he wanted to construct a cuddly turret that talked.

With the assistance of his friend [Leigh Nunan], he is now the proud owner of a plushie turret. It’s a bit smaller than you might expect, but it is packed full of turret personality. The plushie plays audio from the game, can sense motion near its face, detect if it has been tipped over, and also knows when it has been picked up. [Jonathan] added all of these features by stuffing an Arduino inside the turret, along with a wave shield for playing sounds. Proximity and motion sensing are provided via a trio of different sensors, enabling the turret to behave in the same way its in-game brethren do (minus the machine guns).

It really is a neat little toy, one we would no doubt be glad to have around. Keep reading to see a short video of his plushie turret in action.

Interesting, I got Portal 2 last Thursday and having been addicted to the first one I’ve completed the 2nd one 3 times now, the 3rd time with the commentary bubbles in the game, my brother found time to finish it too so we’re going to do some co-op playing soon.

@CutThroughStuffGuy: No problem bro. You stick with your artificial one while I go with the real thing. I was just wondering how you made that bit-of-a-stretch connection ;) No offense my friend, each to their own.